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- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Copyright
- Duke University Press
- ISSN
- 1064-2684
- eISSN
- 1527-9375
- DOI
- 10.1215/10642684-2010-004
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
In this essay, I draw on ethnographic interviews with Israeli and Palestinian queer activists in Israel to interrogate the centrality of the politics of visibility in "mainstream" queer activism. I suggest that queer Israeli activists' reliance on visibility as a political strategy is embedded in and supportive of the racist discourses of Israeli nationalism and the violent practices of the Israeli state. I argue that the "checkpoint," rather than the "closet," offers a more productive metaphor against which queer activists and thinkers might organize their efforts. I conclude with a discussion of the subversive potential of queer Palestinian activism as a politics that challenges multiple oppressions and undermines, rather than naturalizes, the racist, antidemocratic logic of the nation.
Journal
GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies – Duke University Press
Published: Jan 1, 2010